2-Tone-2 - Dispatches from the 2-Tone City - 30 Years on (Ska, Punk, The Specials, The Selecter)

Coventry: Tencton Planet Publications, 2008. First edition. Near Fine. Coventry: Tencton Planet Publications, 2008. Very good with only faint signs of shelf wear. Chambers, Pete; Lynval Golding, foreword. 2-Tone-2: Dispatches from the 2-Tone City – 30 Years On. Coventry: Tencton Planet Publications, 2008, first edition. Wraps, 5 13/16 by 8 1/4-inches, 70 pp. followed by a fifty-page revised reprint of 2-Tone Trail: The Definitive Guide to Two Tone Coventry (also by Chambers), and 18 pp. of sponsor ads. Near fine with only faint signs of shelf wear to the wraps. Chambers, a music journalist, is the director of 2-Tone Central, a museum that focuses on The Specials and The Selecter in Coventry, and organizer of the 2-Tone Trail, a tour of Coventry/2-Tone landmarks. This book looks at the pivotal place Coventry and its ska bands played in the history of 2-Tone. The latter half is an updated version of the 2-Tone Trail guide, heavily illustrated with current and vintage photos of band members and their haunts and some great history. Includes short forewords by Lynval Golding of The Specials and Neol Davies of The Selecter.

Title: 2-Tone-2 - Dispatches from the 2-Tone City - 30 Years on (Ska, Punk, The Specials, The Selecter)